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Page 16 The Westchester Guardian THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2010SPORTS TECHNOLOGYWomen’s and Girls Hockey in New York StateContinued from page 15USA Hockey also has state andnational championships at the girls tier 1and 2 level up to women’s at the A, B andC levelIn order to advance to nationalsyou must win the state championships,Nationals can be held anywhere in the statesaccording to who is hosting it that year.Mr. Eppolito made one point veryclear, that is, under the organizations’ rulesyou are required to go to the nationals ifyou win on the state levels,How does a player continue on tothe national level?There are evaluations tryouts everyyear open to the 14u, 15u and 16u level inorder to select players for training camps.At the training camps, a player is evaluatedfor the 18u and 22u national teamsand these team are at the elite level andinclude the top college playersHow do the women stay competitiveif they are no longer playing in college?In order to stay competitive USAHockeyJoe continues to help grow the sportfor girls and believes with hard work,training and education, he will succeedin creating many more opportunities,especially for those althetes who desire tocontinue to play at higher levelsWhat is your title, Mark DeSimone,for New York State and what are therequirements for the job?I am in charge of helping Joe Eppolitowho is Head Girls and Women’s Hockeyin NY State .I guide teams and individualsin the East Zone of the State, Ialso run the zone camps for girls that areheld in March at the Westchester SkatingAcademy in Yonkers,When did you get started in hockey?I started at the age of 7 in New Yorkplaying roller hockey and moved on toice hockey at the age of 12, playing in theMetropolitan junior hockey association.When did you start to coach andwhen did you start coaching girls /women’s ice hockey:I started coaching around 1994 andstarted coaching a senior women’s teamin 2000 which won the national championshipsin 2003. I started coaching girlsyouth hockey when my daughter Rachelmoved from the boys teams totheWhat girls or women’s teams are youcoaching and give us an overview of theteams.I am coaching the Sound ShoreWarriors who play out of the Ice Hutch inPelham; they are a 19u tier 1 tournamentteam who travel and play tournaments inorder to get exposure to college coacheswho scout for talent at these tournaments.This is where players are recruited.How does a player qualify for tryoutswith a team from which they may berecruited; and at what level must aplayer be proficient for consideration asa player?I don’t hold tryouts, I go by recommendationsand known players who needa place to play.Its a highly competitiveteam so I try to maintain that level whenI look for a playerWhat tournaments do you attend?Our tournamentsinclude theRhode Island PanthersThanksgiving tournament;the polar bearsChristmas tournamentas well as the NY statechampionshipsHow has girls icehockey grown?I have seen girlsand women’s ice hockeygrow by a tremendousamount in the last 10years. I believe any girlor women that wantsto play at the collegedivision 1level to thewomen’s recreationalcan find a place to play.There are plenty ofopportunities that haveopened up.Overall, themost important thingis to have fun and enjoythe process. Its what brings the foundmemories of the sport that we love.Tryouts for national camps are afterstate championships and before thenational championships. USA Hockeyposts dates on their website. I willpost dates for boys and girls.Anyonewho would like to become a coachUSAHockey.com websiteSince the 1992-93 season, when justover 10,000 girls and/or women registeredwith USA Hockey, the sport hasenjoyed great growth spurts. In 2008-09,the number of registered female playerscrossed the 59,500 mark.Albert Caamano has coached ice hockey for 15plus yearsUtica CollegeOffers Programsto PrepareStudents forOnslaught ofCyberwarBy Bary Alyssa JohnsonUtica Collegeannounced this weekthe emergence of anew threat to ournation’s cyber security.The collegereports that groupsof “hacktivists” have been openly wagingretaliatory attacks on businesses andgovernment agencies in a bid to wreakhavoc on their web sites, weakeningnational security.With businesses facing million-dollarlosses from these attacks and governmentin preparation for heightenedthreats to cyber security, the College hasacknowledged the need for trained cyberprofessionals as vitally important assets.Utica College, with its focus on economiccrime education, is now offering onlineprograms that will train students to fillthese important roles.“We here at Utica College have twoprograms in the Economic Crime andJustice Studies Department focused oncyber security,” Jennifer Trost, executivedirector of said Department at UticaCollege told the Westchester Guardianin an interview. “It’s really important topromote these programs through highereducation. We train students to be on thefront lines of protecting information andpreventing hacking issues.”The programs consist of The Bachelorof Science in Cyber Security and theMaster of Science in Cyber Security –Intelligence and Forensics.Continued on page 17